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Beetree Surface Mine Coal

Whitesville, Raleigh County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4609176

Beetree Surface Mine has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2010–2011
Latest incident
Nov 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
51
citations
20
significant & substantial
$26,073
proposed penalties
$24,876
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,197 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
30
inspections on record
901
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 901 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Beetree Surface Mine has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
ⓘ Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$26K
proposed penalties
$25K
current assessed
$25K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
50 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-10-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at Beetree Surface Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.09 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 46 samples.

Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Respirable coal dust
ⓘ Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
0.09
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.53
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
46
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-11-12.
Silica (quartz)
40.7
silica avg (%)
40.7
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-10-16.
Noise
0%
over PEL
19
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-10-09.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 1,381 2 0 1448.2
2019 Q3 440 5 0 11363.6
2019 Q2 1,763 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,960 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 354 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 600 5 0 8333.3
2017 Q2 0 0 0
Show 32 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 1 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 1,922 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,993 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,237 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,069 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,375 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,346 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,066 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 13,040 1 1 76.7
2012 Q3 25,221 4 3 158.6
2012 Q2 40,884 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 66,276 9 4 135.8
2011 Q4 64,731 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 65,081 1 1 15.4
2011 Q2 59,866 2 1 33.4
2011 Q1 58,072 3 2 51.7
2010 Q4 45,415 2 1 44.0
2010 Q3 44,572 7 4 157.0
2010 Q2 36,054 1 1 27.7
2010 Q1 35,135 8 2 227.7
2009 Q4 13,205 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 448 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2011 · 3 incidents

November 9, 2011 WV · Coal pumper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marfork Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking across the bench area, stepped on a loose rock slipped and fell. Resulting in a hairline fracture of the right fibula

May 12, 2011 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Marfork Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating a Mack Coal truck when the truck struck a pot hole. The air ride seat lost air causing the employees seat to bottom out, injuring his lower back. The employee was placed off work due to a diagnosis of bulging disk's.

March 22, 2011 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marfork Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE was walking across the bench when his foot hit a exposed root, causing him to trip and fall resulting in him twisting his right ankle

2010 · 1 incident

June 9, 2010 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marfork Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While cleaning rock off miner and trouble shooting leak. Rock piled up by the miner from what had been cleaned away from pulling out. Member was turned away to leave, when rock slid down from pile against the calf of his right leg and smashed it into another rock.

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